This would be a MiM, except it's someone else's manager.
Made a delivery at a grocery warehouse, and when I got to the receiving office another driver had a problem. He wanted to bobtail to the truck stop a mile away to try to get a T-check for the lumper fee, but was told he couldn't drop his trailer, and if he left with it he'd forfeit his appointment. His dispatcher had e-mailed him the "magic number", but he didn't have the physical piece of paper (and the receiving office didn't provide blanks). The e-mail said that he should check with other drivers to see if someone had an extra.
He'd been there roughly 3 and a half hours - I wound up giving him an extra after my "magic number" came in (needed to go back to my truck to get it). Also, he'd never been told how to fill out a T-check (been driving for a couple weeks) - I filled it out for him, explained what went in what fields, and suggested he take a picture with his smartphone before handing it in, so he'd have an example for next time. He was surprised when I told him to NEVER use the word "and" when writing out the dollar value (e.g. "one hundred twenty" instead of "one hundred and twenty") due to the cheque-writing convention that "and" is used to separate the dollars from the cents.
Why would the company he worked for not provide blank T-checks? They're running the risk of loads being rejected because the driver can't pay the lumper fee (would have to take it back to origin). This would generate wasted miles (cost fuel, maintenance, and wages, but not bring in revenue), and the customer (whose freight doesn't get delivered on time) is likely to go with another trucking company for future business. Also, train people in the various paperwork they'll need to do.
Made a delivery at a grocery warehouse, and when I got to the receiving office another driver had a problem. He wanted to bobtail to the truck stop a mile away to try to get a T-check for the lumper fee, but was told he couldn't drop his trailer, and if he left with it he'd forfeit his appointment. His dispatcher had e-mailed him the "magic number", but he didn't have the physical piece of paper (and the receiving office didn't provide blanks). The e-mail said that he should check with other drivers to see if someone had an extra.
He'd been there roughly 3 and a half hours - I wound up giving him an extra after my "magic number" came in (needed to go back to my truck to get it). Also, he'd never been told how to fill out a T-check (been driving for a couple weeks) - I filled it out for him, explained what went in what fields, and suggested he take a picture with his smartphone before handing it in, so he'd have an example for next time. He was surprised when I told him to NEVER use the word "and" when writing out the dollar value (e.g. "one hundred twenty" instead of "one hundred and twenty") due to the cheque-writing convention that "and" is used to separate the dollars from the cents.
Why would the company he worked for not provide blank T-checks? They're running the risk of loads being rejected because the driver can't pay the lumper fee (would have to take it back to origin). This would generate wasted miles (cost fuel, maintenance, and wages, but not bring in revenue), and the customer (whose freight doesn't get delivered on time) is likely to go with another trucking company for future business. Also, train people in the various paperwork they'll need to do.
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